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Kodi 16.0 Jarvis Is Near With Today's RC1

Written by Michael Larabel in Multimedia on 21 January 2016 at 07:12 AM EST. 1 Comment

The first release candidate is out today for the Kodi 16.0 "Jarvis" home theater PC software.

Kodi 16 is bringing button long press support, improved Android rendering, better DirectX 11 support on Windows, settings improvements, PVR/DVR enhancements, better audio and video playback, and an assortment of other features.

More details on the changes building up for Kodi 16.0 Jarvis can be found via today's release candidate 1 announcement.

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